Sentence examples for decide to persist from inspiring English sources
"Why, when the hope of bringing the conflict to a decisive conclusion was dashed within months of its outbreak, did the combatants decide to persist, to mobilise for total war and eventually to commit the totality of their young manhood to mutual destruction?" he said.
"Those of us who decided to persist with him in our fantasy team in place of Brown are inclined to agree with you [about him being overrated]." Speaking of May, Esposito has just held him up on the line.
And offering us, also, a model of conflict resolution: war can be avoided if the weaker side decides to persist in its dignity and its resistance, conquering its fear - but only if the other side, the more apparently powerful one, banishes its automatic presumption of superiority, daring to allow itself to be challenged.
At first I was bored but I decided to persist.
At first, I was bored, but I decided to persist.
Despite losing to non-league side Worcester City in the third round of the FA Cup in January 1959, the Liverpool board decided to persist with him.
Phase 1: Vahan decided to persist with the previous day's war plan as he had been successful in inflicting damage on the Muslim right.
"The AKP has decided to persist with a war that will bring Turkey face-to-face with big crises at home and abroad," it said in a statement carried by the Firat news agency, which is close to the militant group.
Decide to remain friends.
To be able to survive in a changeable world, animals need to be able not only to keep track of whether expected outcomes were received, but also then to use this information to decide whether to persist with the current response or adjust their behavior accordingly.
